Process of producing an edible product



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PROCESS OF PRODUCING AN EDIBLE PRODUCT Original Filed May 15, 1933 2 Sheets-Sheet l 4 FIG. 1-

Nov. 28, 1939. 2,181,655

D. FARR PROCESS OF PRODUCING AN EDIBLE PRODUCT Original Filed May 15, 1933 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Nov. 28,

UNITED My invention consists in a new PATENT OFFICE,

PROCESS or PRODUCING AN EDIBLE PRODUCT DexterFarr, Ogden, Utah Original application Mayj 15, .1933, Serial No.

Divided and. this application June 3, 1936, Serial No. 83,367

4 Claims.

and useful improvement in the process of producing an edible the purpose product and is designed particularly for of manufacturing a frozen product provided with an envelope or casing embedded therein and containing a handle by which the product may be manipulated during its dispensing and consumption.

This application is a divisional application from my co-pending application Serial Number 1933, which matured No. 2,057,941, in which 671,237, filed on May 15, Oct. 20, 1936, as Patent I have described andv claimed my improved apparatus by which my improved process, described may be practiced.

I am aware that it is old and claimed herein,

to make an edible product, such as a block of ice cream, with a handle inserted therein, but I claim as a novel feature of my invention the provision of an envelope frozen in the product and ahandle in such envelope which can from as desired. By my so produce the edible product the handle therein inserted is or casing with frozen in the product handle can be Withdrawn can be re-inserted as may be withdrawn thereimproved process, I can that the envelope in such a way that the from the casing and be desired. The particularly novel and useful feature of my improved processis the positioning of the casing containing the handle uncongealed mass the mass is frozen, the

in proper relation to the of the product so that, when casing will be enclosed in the mass, its open end protruding therefrom,

and the handle in the from, and be freely removable therefrom.

must be especially not process the casing is fixed in the but the handle within will extend there- It ed that by my improved frozen mass the casing remains uncasing fixed and free to be removed. This important feature, viz. the removability of the handle is essential to the sales-promotion plan by which certain handles bear that the purchasers prize. By this plan,

suitable indicia to indicate thereof are entitled to a the dealer dispensing; the

product, and the purchaser before consumingthe product may remove t to ascertain whether he handle to examine it the handle bears the indicia to entitle the purchaser to a prize,and can then return the handle use while consuming the block.

to the ice cream block for It is also obvious that my improved process makes it possible for the handles to be removed to facilitate shipping the product.

In order to fully disclose my improved process, I have illustrated in the drawings filed herewith and have hereinafter fully described my improved apparatus by which my improved process may be practiced, but it is to be distinctly understood that I do not consider my improved process to be limited by said illustration and description but referfor its scope to the claims appended hereto.

In'the drawings:

Fig. 1 is an end elevation of my apparatus.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of my apparatus. r Fig. 3 is a top plan View of the handle holder.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary vertical section on the line 4-4 of Fig. l. v

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary vertical section on the line 5-5 of Fig. l. i

Fig. 6 is a vertical section on line 6-5 of Fig. 4. Fig. '7 is an end elevation of the holder turned on its side, for the insertion of the casings and handles.

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of handle. v

As illustrated in the drawings, my apparatus comprises the mould member M and the casing and handle holder H, the former being rectangular in shape with any desired number and arrangement of mould cups C (twenty-four, in four sets of six each, being illustrated). The member M is provided with the circumferential flange I. 'The holder H has a series of four longitudinal plates 2, each for one set of cups C. These plates 2 are secured and properly spaced by transverse plates 3, one at each end of the holder I-I. These plates 3 have at their ends the upright arms 4 connected by the handles 5. Suitably disposed between the arms 4 and in a casing and vertical alignment with the plates 3 are the transverse plates 6 on which are carried the longitudinal plates 1 arranged in a series of four to correspond with the plates 2 and in Vertical alignment therewith. The plates 2 and l are provided with aligned each pair of slots of 8 is positioned over the center of one of the cups C. The arms 4 are'provided with the longitudinal side bracing bars 9. Midway between the plates 3, there is the transverse bracing plate Ill tudinal lower plates 2 and having the upstanding ears H on its ends attached to the plates 9. The transverse bracing plate I2 is disposed beneath and attached to the longitudinal upper plates 1 and has the depending ears I3 attached to the plates 9.

Suitably mounted upon the plates 3 are the blocks I4 on which are the transverse slides l5 having the slots 16 through which pass the headed pins I1 threaded into the blocks l4. Carslots 8 so disposed that attached above the longiried by the slides l5 are four longitudinal looking bars l8 corresponding with the four sets of pairs of slots 8, and so mounted that when the slides I5 are moved the bars 3 may be moved slightly within the lines of the slots 8.

Suitably mounted upon the plates 6 and the plate l2, are the depending bearings IS in which is carried the reciprocable shaft 20 on which are carried the cam shoulders 2| in vertical alignment with the slides I5, which co-act with the forks 22 mounted on the slides l5. Midway between the slides l5 and in the same horizontal plane therewith, the brace plate 23 connects the locking bars 18, and has mounted thereon the fork 22a with which co-acts the cam shoulder Zla on the shaft 20. The shaft 29 is provided adjacent one of its bearings l9 with the operating crank handle 24. It is to be noted (Fig. 4) that the plate 1 adjacent the shaft 20 has its portion 1a bent downwardly and connected on the under side of the plate 6 to obviate interference with the movement of the crank handle 24 to reciprocate the shaft 20.

Each of the plates 2, on the sides of the holder H, is provided at each of its ends with a depending hook 25. These hooks 25 pass through slots 26 in the flange l of the member M which is provided on each end with slides 21 carrying bolts 28 to co-act with the hooks 25 to latch the holder H to the member M.

From the foregoing description of my improved apparatus its use and operation in the practice of my improved process will be understood. The holder H is placed upon its side, as illustrated in Fig. '7, and it is then charged with the casings 30 containing the handles 29, in the slots 8. When the operating crank handle 24 is moved from the position illustrated in Fig. '7 to its position illustrated in Fig. 1, its associated mechanism causes the locking bars 8 to press the casings 30 and the handles 29 against the bars 2 and I, thus fastening the casings 3! and handles 29 in properly adjusted position. The bolder H is then applied to the mould member M, the cups C having been properly charged with the uncongealed mass to be frozen. Thus it is obvious that each casing 30 and its handle 29 is properly positioned in the mass inits cup C (Fig. 2). When the holder H has been locked upon the mould member M by means of the slides 21 and bolts 28, both the holder H and member M can be carried by the handles 5 to be placed in the freezing chamber. After the masses in the cups C have been properly frozen, and the apparatus has been removed from the freezing chamber, the slides 2'! and bolts 28 are manipulated to release the holder H from the member M which has been sufficiently heated to free the frozen masses from the cups C, and when the holder H is raised by the handles 5, the masses are withdrawn from the cups C. When the crank handle 24 is manipulated to release the casings 3B and handles 29, and the holder H is raised, the frozen products pass out of the holder in completed form.

Having described my invention, what I claim is:

l. The process of producing an edible product which comprises charging a mould with a fluid edible substance, forming a cavity in said substance lined with a water-proof receptacle in which has been temporarily fastened a handle projecting outside of the open end of said receptacle, applying refrigeration to said substance thereby causing the substance to adhere to the outer surface of the receptacle which prevents contact of the substance with the handle, and removing the substance from the mould by means of the handle and the receptacle fastened thereto.

2. The process of producing an edible product which comprises charging a mould with a fluid edible substance, so disposing a stick in a receptacle that it extends outwardly from the receptacle and is rendered water-proof throughout its portion within the receptacle, placing said stick and receptacle in a holder member, clamping said receptacle to said stick and to said holder member, so disposing said holder member relative to said mould that the substance in the mould contacts the receptacle and does not contact the stick, fastening together the mould and holder member, moving the mould by means of the holder member into a refrigeration chamber, solidifying the substance by refrigeration, removing the mould and bolder member from the chamber increasing the temperature of the mould, unfastening the holder member from the mould, removing the holder member from the mould thereby removing the solidified substance from the mould, releasing the receptacle and stick from the holder member, and moving the holder member thereby causing the finished product to pass therefrom.

3. The method of producing edible products which comprises charging a plurality of mould chambers in a unitary mould member with a fluid edible substance, so disposing a plurality of sticks in an equal number of receptacles so that each stick extends outwardly from its receptacle and is rendered water-proof throughout its portion within its receptacle, charging a holder member with said sticks, clamping said receptacles to said sticks and to said holder member, so disposing said holder member relative to said mould member that each receptacle is so received into the substance in one of the mould chambers that the said substance contacts the receptacle and does not contact the stick in the receptacle, fastening together the holder and mould members, moving the mould member by means of the holder member into a refrigeration chamber, solidifying the substance by refrigeration, removing the holder and mould members from the chamber, increasing the temperature of the mould member, unfastening the holder member from the mould member, removing the holder member from the mould member thereby removing the solidified substance from the mould chambers, releasing the receptacles and sticks from the holder member, and moving the holder member to cause the finished products to pass therefrom.

4. The process of producing an edible product which comprises charging a mould with a fluid edible substance, fastening a waterproof casin on a handle projecting from the open end of the casing, inserting the portion of the handle covered by the casing into the substance, applying refrigeration to said substance thereby causing the substance to adhere to the outer surface of the casing which prevents contact of the substance with the handle, removing the substance from the mould by means of the handle and the casing fastened thereto, unfastening the casing from the handle, and removing the handle from the casing embedded in and adhering to the frozen substance.

DEXTER FARR. 

